Hunters Chicken

I found a recipe for Hunters Chicken and decided to give it a go...

Original Post is here: http://www.shecookssheeats.co.uk/best-ever-hunters-chicken/

For the sauce
1 red onion or 3 shallots
Half a teaspoon of chilli powder (or more, if you like it hot)
400ml of passata
4 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
A good shake of Lea and Perrins
4 tablespoons of artificial sweetener

For the chicken
4 chicken breasts
8 slices of back bacon
120g mature reduced-fat cheddar
Veg and chips, to serve

To make the sauce
1.Peel and finely chop the onion/shallots. Put in a frying pan, sprinkle over the chilli powder and fry until soft
2.Add the rest of the ingredients and stir. Keep the sauce on a medium and stir it occasionally whilst you prepare the chicken

To make the chicken
1.Pre-heat the oven to about 210C. Take four ovenproof dishes that are just large enough to serve your chicken in. Spray with Fry Light
2.Slit the chicken breasts down the middle, taking care not to go through the bottom or sides. You want to end up with a pocket. Place the chicken breasts in the ovenproof dishes
3.Pour the sauce over the chicken breasts, making sure it goes into the middle of the breast. Lay the bacon over the top of the chicken
4.Bake the chicken for 20 minutes. Sprinkle over the cheese, then bake for 10 minutes more 

As there was only me having it I modified the recipe so it was suitable for 1 person rather than 4, and this is what it looked like! 

(Please note: the cheese was my healthy A choice, so I used 40g of low fat cheddar and I made the chips with fry light so the recipe was actually syn free, but if you weren't using your healthy A for the cheese it would be 6 syns per person)

Sweet Tooth Managed!

Had a major sweet tooth and hadn't had my b choice today so whipped this up. 

Weetabix cake was made by breaking up 2 Weetabix and combining with 2 eggs, vanilla essence and sweetener then baked for 30 mins (turning over half way). 

Then the raspberry purée was made just by heating up the raspberries with a touch of water and sweetener all done in the microwave. The yoghurt was the muller cheesecake lemon one. 

Syns were 1 for the raspberry purée and 1 for the yoghurt. Healthy extra choice for the Weetabix or an extra 6 syns if not. Absolutely delicious!

Weigh Day

Not sure why I got this tonight. To me I should have had a loss. My meals have been good and I've snacked on free foods and good stuff so safe to say I'm a bit miffed. 

Line drawn and aiming for 4lb off next week here's hoping to a good week!

Planning meals and going to be filling in a food diary for the next week to see where I'm tripping myself up!

So what was me and Paul committing to a 4lb loss, ended up being 12 members all commiting to it and gearing ourselves up for a good week! Can't wait for the week ahead now, our consultant even said she's joining in and will have prizes for those that get it. I love our little group, nothing like some healthy competition.

 

Slimming World Meals

Had a good stock up of meals to keep me on plan. The chicken sausages are £1 per bag at the moment so had to get a few! 

Finally got round to trying the chicken and chorizo paella meal, even though I've never had paella. I was really surprised at how much flavour it had.
It was so nice, made even better by the fact it was syn free! Will definately be using the recipe on the back to make my own at some point! 

I seem to be really picky with the soups, the only on I actually like is the tomato and basil one, has anyone else found this? 

What's your favourite?

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Italian Chicken & Tomato Soup

This recipe is freezer friendly too!

Ingredients

1 onion peeled and finely chopped

2 carrots peeled and grated

2 lean back bacon, all fat removed, cut into small pieces

2 chicken breasts cut into thin strips

600g chopped tomatoes

400ml chicken stock

1tbsp chopped rosemary

Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon

Salt & pepper to taste

Parsley to garnish

Method

Place the onion, carrots and bacon in a saucepan and stir fry for 2-3 mins. 

Add chicken, tomatoes, stock, rosemary and lemon zest/juice. 

Bring to boil and cover then simmer on medium heat for 15 mins stirring occasionally. Season to taste and sprinkle with chopped parsley then serve. 

Lovely! 

Crustless Quiche & Blancmange.

Yesterday I made both of these. 

Crust less quiche:

6 eggs

1 tub of cottage cheese

Any veg you want just cook it off. 

I used:

Mushrooms

Peppers

Shallots

Tomatoes

Spring onion

Also cooked off some bacon with all fat removed

Then just add all ingredients to a quiche dish or if you don't have one like I didn't, I just used a pie dish. 

Cook for approx 30mins or until golden brown. 

Enjoy. 

As for the blancmange, simply take one of the jelly sachets (I used raspberry) mix with 1/2 pint if boiling water, add two muller lights (I used raspberry & cranberry) and then put in moulds to set. 

So easy and less than half a syn each (I got 4 out of mine)

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Sweet Chilli Chicken Stir Fry

That was my tea tonight. 

So simple

Noodles, it's upto you if you use syns on them or not. 

Chicken. I popped some chilli flakes in with the chicken to give it the kick. 

Any veg you want. I opted for one of the pre packed stir fry vegs you can get. 

Make sure your chickens cooked then pop in your veg and noodles cook for 3-4 mins then chuck in your sauce (sweet and sour in my case) and then cook for 1 min and you're done!

So easy and so tasty!

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Saturday Night Feast

Saturday night and I'm just about to enjoy a massive plate of veg with chicken using the tikka spice from my chicken tikka massala. 

Cannot wait. 

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Weigh Day

So today is Weigh Day, safe to say i'm not looking forward to it already!
Seeing as I only properly started this diet on Monday, due to pre paid meals and what not (for peoples birthdays) last weekend, its safe to say I haven't seen the full benefits as yet.

That's not to say I havent enjoyed it because I have!
I made a Chicken Tikka Massala last night for us both, and it was so tasty!
I will take photos and do a proper blog about that one next time! I always forget as I usually can't wait to just eat!
What's your favourite meal to cook?

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